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Finance Minister Roni Bar-On. (Archives) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 03:43 23/10/2007 Bar-On urges World Bank to halt cooperation with Gaza projects By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent Finance Minister Roni Bar-On met Monday in Washington with World Bank President Robert Zoellick, and urged him not to cooperate in any manner with Hamas and economic projects in the Gaza Strip. "We must strengthen moderates through economic cooperation, but there is no room to include Hamas in this framework," said Bar-On. "We must adopt a policy of isolating the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by Hamas, from the West Bank, which is controlled by moderates," said the finance minister. Advertisement Bar-On added that Israel would like to contribute to the development of job opportunities and proper living conditions in the West Bank in order to demonstrate to Palestinians that terror does not pay. The finance minister also urged Zoellick to strengthen Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora economically and help prevent arms shipments from Syria to Lebanese territory. Related articles: Israel joins effort to starve Iran atom program World Bank: Gaza must be part of PA economic recovery plan World Bank: Rafah border must open to curb PA's economic fall Bank of Israel proposes that state bank fund Gaza banks ANALYSIS: The West Bank is not the Gaza Strip, Palestinians say Bookmark to del.icio.us Killer father Rabin killer's wife says will tell their son his father 'sacrificed himself for his people'. Tehran to Tel Aviv A Christian-Jewish group is promising dozens of Iranian Jews a better life in Israel.   1.   This usually doesn`t work 23:44  |  Paul Freedman 22/10/07   2.   Bar-On in a real pickle! World bank knows there is going to be no 23:46  |  lakshmi 22/10/07   3.   Western Countries MUST isolate Hamas in Gaza 00:57  |  Shepherd 23/10/07   4.   fascist F minister 00:59  |  American 23/10/07   5.   lakshmi how that "recovery without hamas co operation" thing 01:14  |  terrornator 23/10/07   6.   Something Else 02:18  |  Abe 23/10/07   7.   Wrong again, lakshmi 02:30  |  Oddvark 23/10/07   8.   Why wasting Money for these insane 03:18  |  cristo 23/10/07   9.   `Isolating the Gaza Strip.` 03:22  |  Maureen Ann 23/10/07   10.   # 3 03:29  |  Shlomo 23/10/07   11.   Marine resources? 04:34  |  Oddvark 23/10/07   12.   and in the meantime 04:38  |  r.m. 23/10/07   13.   No. 3 Shepherd 05:25  |  Steve 23/10/07   14.   Cristo no. 8 05:29  |  Steve 23/10/07   15.   Bar-On reasonment is christian based , 05:42  |  Joseph E . 23/10/07   16.   Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad 06:04  |  Joseph E . 23/10/07   17.   THE MYTH OF DISPARATE WINGS 06:11  |  Joseph E . 23/10/07   18.   #11 Oddvark. Sea, sand fish and Natural Gas/oil. 07:05  |  Maureen Ann 23/10/07   19.   kill all in gaza 09:47  |  mohammad 23/10/07   20.   Israel Wants to Kill All Gaza, World Wants Nothing with Israel 09:49  |  0 degrees 23/10/07   21.   What an evil man... 10:00  |  Stephen Murray 23/10/07   22.   The long claws of zionism 10:04  |  Hannah 23/10/07   23.   Should WB do ethnic cleansing? 10:55  |  Jan Elshout 23/10/07   24.   Moderates (fatah) tried to kill the Prime Minster Wake Up! 10:56  |  sm 23/10/07   25.   How to make Gazans love Israel 11:31  |  Murray 23/10/07   26.   #3.Shepherd.Terrorism.RU talking about State one too? 11:40  |  Fred 23/10/07   27.   It is the duty of the OCCUPYING POWER to insure 11:47  |  Becky 23/10/07   28.   #20 Lebanon goes into camps and kills militants 12:54  |  Petra 23/10/07   29.   #`19 Kill all in gaza SOUNDS GOOD TO ME!!!!! 13:00  |  Petra we3macs@verizo 23/10/07   30.   #27 it is the duty 13:03  |  Petra 23/10/07   31.   #21 What an evil man 13:07  |  Petra 23/10/07   32.   Duties of an `occupying power` 13:34  |  Israeli 23/10/07   33.   Bar-On should fold his request 15:47  |  Advocate4Liberty 23/10/07   34.   #21 You`re off the mark 15:49  |  Advocate4Liberty 23/10/07   35.   #28 Petra. It is a known fact that 16:10  |  GOOLAMALY 23/10/07

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